ahead, say it was smart. And listen, I'll run you a nice cool bath. How will that be? And later I'll take you on for a checker game."
She went to the bathroom and started the water running for his bath. It was only after he had bathed that she remembered that a cool bath would probably be dangerous with his cold. She worried quite some about it and played a very bad game of checkers.
Hubert cautioned her twice to keep her mind on the game. It was only, he revealed as he jumped one of Lillian's men, by strict concentration that he was able to beat her consistently.
